THE FIRST MOMENT by THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN PORTUGAL
The wedding ceremony at the Igreja Matriz de Santo António in Reguengos de Monsaraz
Wedding party at the Pyramids of S. Pedro in Alandroal
Like the artists before the stage, the photographer too…
When we leave as photographers at a wedding, we never know what we’re going to find until the end of the day, and neither how it will happen. That is why I compare wedding photographers to stage artists. Both tend, before the action, to have a nervous crisis or agonies. Some drive us crazy, and it seems we forget everything.
They, the artists, forget the text and the songs. The photographers think they forgot some gear and the addresses, and the GPS always wants to deceive us and not spot the groom’s door. But once the first word is spoken or the first note just happens, everything is over, and at the end, it just applauds.
With us, the photographers, the first time the sound of the camera shutter tells us that everything is alright and it slides down as a very well-oiled machine until the moment to put the gear in the bag, again.
It was exactly that with Carla and David’s wedding at Pirâmides de S. Pedro, no Alandroal. Suppose you ask me if I remember everything, I do not. But, I brought with me the photos that do it for me. That is my joy as a wedding photographer.
If you’ve dared to come this far, you must have liked the photos, so…
- …see the black-and-white versions